The Great Consoler

The Great Consoler (1933)

Великий утешитель

The Great Consoler is Lev Kuleshov’s most personal film reflecting both the facts of his life and his thoughts about the place of the artist in contemporary reality. It was the only film in the Soviet cinema of those years that raised the question of what role a creative person played in society.

Date of release
1933-11-17
TMDB
5.2 / 10 (14)
Runtime
1h 32m
Genres
Drama
Director
Lev Kuleshov

Casting

Interesting facts

The Great Consoler is a 1933 Soviet drama film directed by Lev Kuleshov and starring Konstantin Khokhlov. The film is based on the facts from the biography of the American writer O. Henry and on his two novels.

Production

The Great Consoler was done extremely efficiently and did not exceed the budget. The picture was filmed in forty days; editing and soundtrack were completed in sixteen days. The cinematography was done using Soviet manufactured film stock. Kuleshov when making the film, relied heavily on rehearsals, making sure that the actors would totally replicate the results on screen.

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